Elite Iraqi forces took control of the local government building in Kirkuk on Monday, pushing out Kurdish fighters and effectively retaking the city after skirmishes that have raised fears of a wider conflict between two of the closest U.S. allies in the war against Islamic State.215

Private-equity firm Colony Capital is in talks to buy Weinstein Co.’s assets after the studio was tarnished in recent weeks by accusations that former co-chairman Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed and assaulted dozens of women.192

The Future of Everything

Google physicists and engineers are harnessing quantum mechanics to build a computer of potentially astonishing power, with the potential to disrupt everything from science and medicine to national security—assuming it works.230

Capital Journal

The A-hed

The Nordstrom family has suspended efforts to take the department-store chain private after struggling to raise enough financing for the leveraged buyout, in the latest sign of how much investors have soured on the retail industry.

Impax Laboratories Inc. and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC are close to agreement on a merger that would create the nation’s fifth-largest generic-drug company by revenue, according to people familiar with the matter.

Streetwise

After an eight-year bull market and the cheapest borrowing costs in history, the big surprise is that the stock market isn’t higher. The simple answer is that the public is wary after the dot-com bubble of 2000 and the housing bubble of 2007.

Frustrated with the pressure that public companies feel to beat quarterly results, a band of Silicon Valley outsiders are seeking to disrupt the stock exchange model with a structure that rewards investors who hold shares with greater voting power.

Emergency personnel and volunteers in Mogadishu spent a third day sifting through the rubble of one of the deadliest vehicle bombings ever, as the scale of the attack raised questions over the effectiveness of U.S. and international efforts to crush al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants.

European foreign ministers attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his administration’s backing for the Iranian nuclear agreement, calling the move a serious mistake that could lead to a military confrontation with Tehran.80

Sunday’s electoral outcome narrowed the opposition’s options, as many experts predicted that a peaceful political solution that could alleviate the suffering among the nation's 30 million people was now more remote.

Isnilon Hapilon was among the last remaining leaders killed after Philippine forces pressed forward with their offensive to retake the southern city of Marawi from Islamic State-linked militants, authorities said.

President Donald Trump's decision not to re-certify Iran's compliance with the nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, may shake the confidence of companies seeking to operate in the country, but it caused very little legal change, sanctions lawyers said Friday following Mr. Trump's announcement.